HORN APPARATUSES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS

A method of synthesizing an audio signal for use by a horn apparatus for a vehicle to produce an audible warning sound, wherein the audio signal contains a fundamental frequency and harmonics corresponding to the fundamental frequency. The method includes: selecting weights for each of a plurality of harmonics corresponding to a fundamental frequency; using the selected weights to synthesize a precursor audio signal from only the fundamental frequency and the plurality of harmonics; compressing the precursor audio signal one or more times to provide an audio signal which has a crest factor that is below a predetermined threshold.